Table D-9.   NPS Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Geographical Region, FYs 1973-2003
	GEOGRAPHICAL REGION
FISCAL	NORTHEAST			NORTH CENTRAL			SOUTH			WEST			OTHER			TOTAL
YEAR	#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%
1973	73,483	18.1%		110,341	27.2%		143,050	35.3%		75,895	18.7%		2,881	0.7%		405,650	100.00%
1974	67,411	17.3%		97,988	25.2%		144,099	37.1%		75,213	19.3%		4,007	1.0%		388,718	100.00%
1975	81,796	20.0%		108,691	26.5%		138,550	33.8%		77,237	18.8%		3,484	0.9%		409,758	100.00%
1976	82,137	20.9%		109,656	27.9%		123,670	31.4%		74,163	18.9%		3,736	0.9%		393,362	100.00%
1977	109,749	22.2%		132,362	26.7%		159,027	32.1%		88,674	17.9%		5,297	1.1%		495,109	100.00%
1978	65,893	21.6%		75,726	24.8%		108,162	35.4%		50,936	16.7%		4,927	1.6%		305,644	100.00%
1979	64,710	20.8%		75,325	24.2%		113,320	36.5%		52,024	16.7%		5,300	1.7%		310,679	100.00%
1980	74,806	20.7%		94,045	26.1%		122,158	33.9%		64,150	17.8%		5,586	1.5%		360,745	100.00%
1981	62,772	20.6%		82,844	27.2%		102,365	33.6%		52,462	17.2%		4,063	1.3%		304,506	100.00%
1982	63,433	20.8%		86,216	28.2%		100,906	33.0%		51,019	16.7%		3,885	1.3%		305,459	100.00%
1983	60,335	19.9%		86,134	28.4%		101,003	33.3%		52,562	17.3%		3,427	1.1%		303,461	100.00%
1984	55,059	18.0%		87,977	28.8%		104,689	34.3%		53,343	17.5%		3,995	1.3%		305,063	100.00%
1985	59,118	19.6%		83,273	27.7%		102,097	33.9%		53,034	17.6%		3,495	1.2%		301,017	100.00%
1986	56,079	17.9%		84,710	27.0%		110,384	35.2%		59,319	18.9%		3,285	1.0%		313,777	100.00%
1987	49,030	16.5%		79,799	26.9%		108,117	36.5%		56,613	19.1%		2,766	0.9%		296,325	100.00%
1988	41,553	15.3%		71,881	26.5%		103,424	38.1%		51,926	19.1%		2,460	0.9%		271,244	100.00%
1989	38,660	13.9%		70,773	25.5%		110,103	39.6%		53,745	19.3%		4,539	1.6%		277,820	100.00%
1990	32,783	14.7%		56,002	25.0%		91,168	40.8%		41,606	18.6%		2,166	1.0%		223,725	100.00%
1991	30,949	15.1%		50,828	24.7%		83,159	40.5%		38,759	18.9%		1,806	0.9%		205,501	100.00%
1992	30,285	15.0%		48,191	23.9%		83,919	41.6%		37,868	18.8%		1,359	0.7%		201,622	100.00%
1993	30,243	14.9%		47,291	23.3%		84,796	41.7%		39,607	19.5%		1,178	0.6%		203,115	100.00%
1994	26,388	15.0%		39,461	22.4%		74,308	42.1%		34,942	19.8%		1,310	0.7%		176,409	100.00%
1995	25,865	15.5%		32,778	19.6%		71,184	42.6%		34,377	20.5%		3,083	1.8%		167,287	100.00%
1996	28,240	15.8%		36,535	20.4%		75,113	41.9%		37,656	21.0%		1,589	0.9%		179,133	100.00%
1997	29,302	15.5%		37,899	20.1%		79,316	42.0%		40,339	21.4%		2,039	1.1%		188,895	100.00%
1998	26,878	14.9%		34,574	19.2%		76,302	42.4%		40,164	22.3%		2,113	1.2%		180,031	100.00%
1999	27,568	15.0%		35,396	19.3%		77,201	42.0%		41,012	22.3%		2,591	1.4%		183,768	100.00%
2000	25,535	14.3%		34,801	19.5%		74,708	41.8%		40,369	22.6%		3,420	1.9%		178,833	100.00%
2001	25,298	13.8%		36,906	20.2%		77,565	42.4%		41,198	22.5%		2,009	1.1%		182,976	100.00%
2002	25,342	14.0%		37,646	20.7%		75,071	41.4%		41,680	23.0%		1,771	1.0%		181,510	100.00%
2003	24,517	13.9%		36,767	20.8%		73,058	41.4%		40,523	23.0%		1,543	0.9%		176,408	100.00%